Green
Green v. North Seattle Community College
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM ** .
Riccardo Green appeals pro se from the district court’s summary judgment for North Seattle Community College (the “College”) in Green’s action alleging Title VII violations on the basis of race, and breach of contract. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review *187 de novo. Cornwell v. Electra Cent. Credit Union, 439 F.3d 1018 , 1027 n. 4 (9th Cir.2006). We affirm in part, and vacate and remand in part.
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Green’s claim that the College paid him less than white instructors of tai chi because Green did not offer evidence that he was paid less. See id. at 1028-29 & n. 6 (explaining the burden-shifting scheme of McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 , 93 S.Ct. 1817 , 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973), and noting that a plaintiff cannot create a genuine issue of material fact by “relying solely on the plaintiffs subjective belief’).
The district court properly granted summary judgment on Green’s claim that he was given extra duties due to his race, because the College’s request that Green let his students into the locked building where he taught an early morning class was not an adverse employment…